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Thornton Peak

Elevation
1,374 m
#11,802
in the world
#93
in Australia

Thornton Peak is a peak in Australia, rising to 1,374 m, the 93rd highest we list in Australia, part of the Great Dividing Range.

Range
#12 in the range
Nearest town
94 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Thornton Peak

Thornton Peak lies in Australia, in Queensland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,374 m (4,508 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Peak
Region
Queensland
Coordinates
-16.167, 145.383

How it ranks

Among peaks in Australia
#93of 162
LargestSmallest
In the Great Dividing Range
#12of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,802of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mount Pieter Botte1,057 m9.6 km
Mount Bartle Frere1,622 m143 km
Mount Bowen1,121 m261 km
Mount Dalrymple1,259 m641 km
Mount Simpson2,660 m819 km
Mount Suckling3,676 m824 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Thornton Peak.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
CairnsAustralia153,07594 km
TownsvilleAustralia201,313377 km
MackayAustralia84,333684 km
Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea283,733769 km
Mount IsaAustralia18,317802 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.